In this thesis, a self-consistent model for analyzing the transport performance of a Reversed Field Pinch (RFP)-type of thermonuclear fusion reactor has been developed. The study has been focused on determining equilibrium ...

Nuclear nonproliferation efforts rely on a variety of safeguards to protect sensitive materials in nuclear facilities. The enrichment of fresh light-water-reactor fuel assemblies is verified by several inspectorates using ...

Processing information quantum mechanically allows the relatively efficient solution of many important problems thought to be intractable on a classical computer. A primary challenge in experimentally implementing a quantum ...

An EPRI study[1], published in 2011, used measured flux map data (taken over 44 operational cycles of the Catawba and McGuire nuclear power plants) to determine fuel assembly reactivity decrements versus burnup. The ...

An analysis was conducted to determine the behavior of a high pressure electric arc discharge inside the Plasmatron Fuel Reformer. The Plasmatron Fuel Reformer uses an electric arc to partially combust fuel in an internal ...

The Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) is a novel experiment to study the confinement of a high-temperature plasma in the magnetic field of a superconducting ring of wire. The levitated magnet produces a poloidal closed-line ...

Rapid generation of high pressures and mechanical work may result when thermal energy is transferred from the hot molten nuclear fuel to the coolant in an LMFBR accident. Such energetic thermal interactions are facilitated ...

In this thesis, the effect of the lower hybrid current drive on ion toroidal rotation in a tokamak is investigated theoretically. Lower hybrid frequency waves are utilized to drive non-inductive current for steady state ...